Bhakti yoga isn't something you join, it's love. It means falling in love.
The heart is like a mirror. When we dust it off, we are able to see ourselves. The dust is all our stuff - guilt, anger - this stuff is reflected back to us. Practice removes the dust from the mirror of our hearts.
The heart in us is deeper than any emotion or psychological issue.
I chant to save my heart. Every time I sit down, that's what I'm doing.
You cannot think your way out of a box made of thought.
The only real protection will come from doing a spiritual practice over a prolonged period of time. Because it retrains us to see the world and ourselves in a different way.